although this speech was addressed to an audience of graduates in the fields of science and medicine, it could just as easily be applied to anybody in any corner of society.
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'many of you may disagree with how i personally use my academic freedom, and that's fine -- i'm a strong believer in stochastic processes, and while individuals may go off in directions we don't like, i'm confident that the aggregate activity of large numbers of smart people expressing themselves in public will end up making the world a better place.'
</snip>it's a pleasure to read it all.
